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Samuel Koontz Donahue (March 18, 1918 – March 22, 1974) was an American jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, and musical arranger. He performed with Gene Krupa , Tommy Dorsey , Benny Goodman , Billy May , Woody Herman , and Stan Kenton .
I Never Knew (Kahn-Fiorito) by Sam Donahue & his Orchestra, vocal by Bill Lockwood and The Blue Hues Though not a major best-seller, this leisurely Donahue band arrangement of the 1926 tune...
14 de may. de 2019 · A Rainy Night In Rio (Robin-Schwartz) by Sam Donahue & his Orchestra, vocal by Sam Donahue A top-10 radio play track for the Donahue band, Arthur Schwartz and Leo Robin wrote this tune plus...
10 de ene. de 2020 · 1947 Sam Donahue - Red Wing (Shirley Lloyd, vocal) Swing arrangement of the 1907 popular song (melody based on Robert Schumann’s 1848 piano composition “The Happy Farmer”). ...more. Swing ...
Sam Donahue (born March 18, 1918, Detroit, Michigan, USA - died March 22, 1974, Reno, Nevada, USA) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, trumpeter, arranger and bandleader. He is the father of guitarist Jerry Donahue.
Still a respected instrumentalist, Donahue finished his career serving for a short time as musical director at the Playboy Club in New York City, then from 1969-on as leader of the house band in the Circus Room of the Nugget Hotel in Sparks, NV (just east of Reno).
4 de jun. de 2021 · Over the years Donahue benefited from a series of top 10 Billboard hits like I Never Knew, A Rainy Night In Rio, My Melancholy Baby, Red Wing and The Whistler which helped keep the band afloat. But by 1948 he had decided to call it a day as a touring big band leader.
